Shoe lining



Nov. 24, 1931. M. FEINSTEIN SHOE LINING Filed Feb. 12, 1950 INVENTOR MAXFEINSTEIN ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEMAX FEINSTEIN, OF. CORONA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES MILLER, OF LONGISLAND CITY, NEW YORK SHOE LINING Application filed February 12, 1930.Serial No. 427,695.

This invention relates to the shoe art and deals more specifically witha frictional lin ing for the heel portion of a shoe.

It is an object of this invention to provide a shoe having a liningcontaining, as an integral portion thereof, a frictional section at theheel. i

It is a further object of this invention to provide a shoe having alining which conforms correctly and smoothly to the interior oftheshoewith a minimum of looseness and wrinkling.

Further, it is an object of this invention to provide a shoe having alining in which there is embodied a frictional section, and which liningis adapted to conform accurately to the interior of the shoe.

These and other objects of the invention will be readily apparent tothose skilled in the art from the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a shoe embodying the present invention, certainelements of the shoe bein turned back for the purposes of illustration;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1 showing the turned backportions in place;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detailed View of a lining embodying theprinciples of the present invention; and r Fig. 3 is a sectional viewtaken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 4.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the shoe 10 is seen to comprise theusual upper 11, and insole 12. The lining 13, which may be formed of theusual materials, is provided with inserts 14 and 15 which are sewed tothe lining 13 by lines of stitching 16 and 17 as shown more clearly inFig. 4. The linin 13 is held together by the line of stitching 18.Except for the stitching 18 the two halves of the lining areunattachedto each other. The material used for the inserts 14 and 15 may be of anywell known frictional material now commonly used in the art, butpreferably of a thin flexible leather with the skin side positioned forcontact with the wearers foot.

In practicing the present invention a lining of the standard form isprovided with the inserts as described above and is sewed in place inthe shoe with the overlapping adjacent free edges of the inserts asshown in the drawings. During the finishing operation of the shoe theoverlapping edges of the inserts are smoothed down and the insole 12placed thereover. While this invention has been described in connectionwith a shoe having an insole, it will be understood, of course, thatthis invention is particularly applicable to shoes manufactured inaccordance with the turn process in which event the member 12 would be asock lining instead of an insole. As a matter of fact, in actualpractice this invention has been found most suitable in connection withthe turn process for the reason that after the shoe is turned it ispossible completely to smooth out the lining on the inside of the shoe.

It will be readily understood, of course, that various modifications ofthe present invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilledin the art. This invention, therefore, is not to be limited to thespecific details of structure disclosed except as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a shoe, a lining therefor, said lining having inserts at the heelportion thereof, said inserts being free from each other along twoadjacent marginal edges, and adapted to overlap when in place in theshoe.

2. In a shoe, a lining therefor, said lining having inserts at the heelportion thereof, said inserts being free from each other along twoadjacent marginal edges and being of a material having a frictionalsurface for contact with the wearers foot, and adapted to overlap whenin place in the shoe.

3. In a shoe. a lining therefor, the heel portion of said lining havinga frictional surface for engaging the heel of the wearer, and the saidheel portion having two adjacent free edges adapted to lie inoverlapping relation when said lining is placed in the shoe.

4. In a shoe, a lining having two portions joined together at the heelportion of the said shoe, said lining also having at the heel por tion acut-out section, and inserts of material attached to said lining at saidcut-out section, said inserts having'a frictional surface and havingtheir adjacent ends overlapped and free of stitching When in place inthe shoe.

5. In a shoe, a lining'therefor, an insole,

the said. lining comprising two portions joined together. at the heelportion of said shoe from a point' at the top of said lining to a pointintermediate ofthe top and bottom of said lining, the adj acent edges ofsaid lin ing between said last inentioned point-and the bottom of saidlining lying in overlapped v relation in the'shoe as assembled, and saidoverlapped edges being free of stitching.

, ,MAX FEINSTEINL

